Tanana

[tan-uh-nah, -naw]

noun, plural Tan·a·nas, (especially collectively) Tan·a·na for 2.

a river flowing NW from E Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.
the Athabaskan language of the Tanana.

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Historical Examples of tanana

Some of them had been across to the Yukon years before and had visited the mission at Tanana.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
Hudson Stuck
The Tanana Crossing is a central spot for the Indians of this region.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
Hudson Stuck
We reached Tanana on the 1st of April, just six weeks since we left.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
Hudson Stuck
Anyhow, that is how Harper found some gold in the Tanana country.
Young Alaskans in the Far North
Emerson Hough
He must be some rough bird to earn a name like that over on the Tanana.
Connie Morgan in the Fur Country
James B. Hendryx

British Dictionary definitions for tanana

Tanana

noun

a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)

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